Wang Jundao's military order had not yet reached Binzhou, and the news that Wang Jundao's army had occupied the six counties north of Jinan Prefecture had already reached Jinan.

Yuan Shikai was shocked after receiving the news, he originally thought that the Dragon and Tiger Army would wait for him to respond before making a move, even if it was an attack, he would have to be famous, but he didn't expect the Dragon and Tiger Army to play cards so unreasonably.

As of last evening, Yuan Shikai had persuaded Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun and others to go to Xinjiang Province with him, but he did not expect to receive the news that the Dragon and Tiger Army had occupied six counties in the north of Jinan Prefecture today, and the menacing arrival of the Dragon and Tiger Army once again disrupted his deployment.

Yuan Shikai had no doubt that if he didn't take action, in a few days, Wang Jundao's army would definitely appear under the city of Jinan.

As for what action to take, Yuan Shikai knew even more that resistance was impossible, although he now had an army of 90,000, the troops he could draw were indeed limited.

Because of the 90,000 troops, 10,000 were west of Jinan to defend the Sixth Division of the Tiger Army led by Sun Chuanfang.

10,000 were east of Jinan, defending the Fifth Division of the Huben Army led by Li Jinglin.

20,000 were south of Jinan, defending the second division of the Huben army and the Tiger Lie division led by Xu Jian.

10,000 were in the west of Qingzhou Mansion to defend the Fourth Division of the Huben Army led by Kangdingbei.

Originally, there were 5,000 each in Dezhou County and Qingyun County in the northeast of the mountain to defend against the Dragon and Tiger Army in the north, but now these 10,000 people obviously no longer exist, because they have been absorbed by Wang Jundao.

In this way, there are only 30,000 of the 90,000 troops left, and 20,000 of these 30,000 troops are stationed in the northeast and east of the mountain, which are the garrisons of important county towns and strategic fortresses, and now Jinan can transfer only 10,000 troops.

10,000 people, how can they withstand the attack of the Dragon and Tiger Army? Not to mention that the morale of the Dragon and Tiger Army is like a rainbow, the soldiers are strong and strong, even the large number of coalition weapons captured from Yanjing and Tianjin are not comparable to Yuan Shikai's army.

Even if the Yellow River lies north of Jinan, the slow-flowing water of the Yellow River is not a natural danger at all, as long as the Dragon and Tiger Army organizes hundreds of fishing boats, sailboats, and even rafts, under the cover of machine guns and artillery, they can easily break through the Yellow River defense line.

After thinking about it clearly, Yuan Shikai hurriedly sent people to call Wang Shizhen, Duan Qirui, Feng Guozhang, Cao Kun and other henchmen to explain the grim situation.

In the end, Yuan Shikai made up his mind and said conclusively: "I decided to immediately reply to the imperial court, agree to the appointment of the deputy general of Xinjiang Province, and get up and rush to Xinjiang Province to take up a post tomorrow, Xinjiang Province is remote and the climate is harsh, if you don't want to go with me Yuan Shikai, I will never force it." ”

Of course, Yuan Shikai wanted to capture and indulge in this, and he hoped that these people would go to Xinjiang Province with him.

As soon as his words fell, Wang Shizhen was the first to stand up and said in a deep voice: "What did the big marshal say?" I, Wang Shizhen, am willing to follow to the death. ”

Feng Guozhang also stood up, and then said: "If there is no cultivation and promotion of the handsome, how can I Feng Guozhang be where I am today?" I, Feng Guozhang, am also willing to follow to the death! ”

Duan Qirui and Cao Kun glanced at each other, stood up at the same time, and said in unison: "I am willing to follow Dashuai to the death." ”

The rest of the people also expressed their loyalty one after another, Yuan Shikai was very satisfied, and finally stood up and said loudly: "With the help of all the kings, why should I, Yuan Shikai, worry about the big thing?" ”

In the afternoon of the same day, Yuan Shikai immediately replied to the order of the imperial court, but Yuan Shikai knew very well that the imperial court was now under the control of Wang Jundao, so his reply was not transmitted to Yanjing, but directly to the north of Jinan Mansion and directly to Wang Jundao.

Second, when Wang Jundao received Yuan Shikai's inauguration reply, Yuan Shikai had already taken a group of confidants, led 500 personal guards, guarded their respective families, a total of more than 1,000 people, and took the appointment order issued to him by the Qing court as the deputy general of Xinjiang Province, left Jinan City, and rushed west to Xinjiang Province.

Wang Jundao never thought that Yuan Shikai would leave like this, lose the good foundation of Shandong like this, and leave without nostalgia.

While surprised, Wang Jundao also deeply realized the terrible thing about Yuan Shikai, this is a person who is good at forbearance, and he is also a person who is extremely decisive.

Thinking about the foundation that he has worked so hard to build, and giving it away like this, this kind of courage is indeed not something that ordinary people can have, even if he is Wang Jundao, from Yuan Shikai's point of view, he may not be able to say that he will give up.

From this, it can be concluded that Yuan Shikai is a person who really does great things, and he does not fall into his reputation in history.

Of course, surprise is surprise, Wang Jundao has no extra time to waste, and now that Yuan Shikai is gone, the army formed by Yuan Shikai will be leaderless, which is the best opportunity for him to control Shandong.

What Wang Jundao has to do now is: control Jinan as quickly as possible, control the military and political affairs of Shandong, and then control the northeast of Shandong with lightning speed, and then quickly occupy the east of Shandong, and then control the entire Shandong, otherwise it will be too late to change.

When Wang Jundao was in full swing in Shandong, Liu Kunyi, the governor of Liangjiang, had also received an order sent by Wang Jundao in the name of the Qing court.

The content of the order is not much, to the effect that the Tiger Ben Army has become the army of the imperial court, let Liu Kunyi withdraw the army, the holy decree, the edict, the order of the military aircraft department, the three orders in one, Liu Kunyi has no reason not to retreat at all, otherwise it is disrespectful to the decree, it is to rebel.

At the same time, Zhang Zhidong, the governor of Huguang, also received a holy decree, the content of which was very simple, to the effect that Yanjing was going to prepare for the establishment of the Royal Weapons Research Institute, and it was necessary to transfer military engineers led by Xu Jianyin to Beijing to take important positions.

He was one of the most famous patriotic scientists in the last years of the Qing Dynasty, and he had outstanding achievements in many fields of science and technology.

A few months ago, Zhang Zhidong invited Xu Jianyin to Hubei to supervise the province's camp affairs, due to the embargo of gunpowder from foreigners to China, Zhang Zhidong sent Xu Jianyin to supervise the security of the gunpowder bureau.

After Zhang Zhidong received the holy decree, although he was a little reluctant to let Xu Jianyin, a military science expert, out, he was still a Manchu official after all, and he could not disobey the emperor's holy decree, so he could only obediently obey the order and ordered Xu Jianyin and a group of military experts led by Xu Jianyin to go north to Beijing.

The reason why Wang Jundao wanted to transfer Xu Jianyin to Yanjing was naturally very simple, he wanted Xu Jianyin to develop all kinds of weapons for him, especially warships, Wang Jundao had the technology to design all kinds of new weapons, new ships, and even various military aircraft, but he couldn't find anyone to develop and research for him, and Xu Jianyin was undoubtedly such a person.

In this era, if there is no navy, it will face the maritime blockade of the naval power, and never want to go abroad from the sea, even a small book can rely on the navy to block China's sea surface and limit China's ocean outlet.

However, to recreate the navy, it is necessary not only to have a variety of warships with good surnames, but also to have excellent naval command officers, and Wang Jundao is now lacking naval officers.

After the Battle of the Yellow Sea, the Beiyang Naval Division was almost wiped out, and most of the outstanding generals of the navy were lost, Deng Shichang, Liu Buyun, Lin Yongsheng, Lin Sentai and others all died, leaving only Sa Zhenbing, Ye Zuqi, Liu Buyun and others.

In 1**9, the rebuilt Beiyang Naval Division began to take shape, and it already had five ironclad warships of Haitian, Hairong, Haichou, Haichen and Haiqi, as well as many small warships, but when the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China, several warships were captured, and the Beiyang Naval Division was all forced to leave the Bohai Bay.

After Wang Jundao recovered Tianjin, while giving orders to Liu Kunyi, Zhang Zhidong and others, he also used Guangxu's holy decree and Cixi's edict to order Ye Zuqi and Sa Zhenbing to lead the Beiyang Naval Division to the north and stationed in Tianjin.

At that time, Wang Jundao will be able to use the Beiyang Naval Division as the basis and use the newly produced ships to form his own navy. (To be continued.) )